BARKSDALE'S LAWS REGARDING MEDICAL MARIJUANA

"The typical medical marijuana user is truly different
than the typical marijuana abuser"

1. The majority of medical marijuana users are
adults, not adolescents.

2. The majority of medical marijuana users begin
marijuana use when they are over 35 years of age, and did not abuse marijuana
as adolescents.

3. The majority of medical marijuana users are
articulate, have completed high school and many are or have been gainfully
employed with advanced university degrees.

4. The majority of medical marijuana users would
discontinue regular marijuana use if their underlying medical condition was
completely cured.

5. The majority of medical marijuana users are
sincerely concerned about their quality of life and its impact upon others.

6. The majority of medical marijuana users,
prior to suffering from their current medical condition, were gainfully employed
and responsible contributors to family, society, and the workforce.

7. The majority of medical marijuana users are
willing to return to the workforce and positively contribute to society if
their symptoms improve.

8. The majority of medical marijuana users are
behaviorally, emotionally and psychologically normal.

9. The majority of medical marijuana users do
not have a criminal record and do not pursue criminal activities to obtain
medical marijuana.

10. The majority of medical marijuana users
do not use marijuana recreationally or in social situations.

11. The majority of medical marijuana users
do not simultaneously use or combine their marijuana with alcohol, tobacco,
or other illicit substances.

12. The majority of medical marijuana users
do not have any curiosity or interest in using more addicting or dangerous
illicit substances such as cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamine, Ecstasy
(MDMA), etc.

13. The majority of medical marijuana users
titrate their use of medical marijuana to attain the maximum therapeutic effect
with the minimal amount of adverse marijuana use side effects, intoxication
or the marijuana "high".

14. The majority of medical marijuana users
show no evidence of the purported "amotivational syndrome."

15. The majority of medical marijuana users
are not "risk takers", do not seek "stimulation" or escape
from boredom by using marijuana.

16. The majority of medical marijuana users
are not under "peer pressure" to use marijuana.

17. The majority of medical marijuana users
are goal oriented, motivated to live the best life possible under their current
circumstances and generally are law abiding citizens.

18. The majority of medical marijuana users
have strong political views concerning "patient choice", based upon
their personal values, that incorporates the use of medical marijuana and
other scientifically validated therapies universally, under medical supervision,
for adults who have bona fide qualifying, approved medical conditions.

19. The majority of medical marijuana users
do not exhibit "abstinence" signs or symptoms if marijuana use is
abruptly terminated.

20. The majority of medical marijuana users
do not continue to use medical marijuana if they feel the marijuana is of
no benefit to the control of the signs or symptoms of their medical condition.